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Progress - but we have to do better: Crime rate falls despite 10 percent jump in murders

OVERALL crime in the country declined by 13 percent in 2017 compared with 2016, according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, however murders during this period jumped by 10 percent.

TOUGH CALL: Tourism officials feel the heat from Fyre Festival chaos

SOME may recall a parody celebration called Festivus from the 1990s American sitcom, Seinfeld. It included a feast, feats of strength, and the labelling of ordinary events as miracles.

ALICIA WALLACE: Facing up to mental health challenges

I KNOW people with mental health challenges, some of whom are getting professional help and others who cannot afford it, do not want anyone else to know what they are going through, or do not think it would help. I have received phone calls and in-pe

Sands calls for nationwide HIV testing following report

HEALTH Minister Duane Sands yesterday suggested the government consider a nationwide HIV testing campaign in the wake of a Ministry of Health report that estimated 1 in 50 people in The Bahamas has the virus.“We should be demanding that every single

J Barrie Farrington overcomes three types of cancer

Tourism pioneer dedicated to living life to the fullest

IN the last five years, John Barrie Farrington, CBE, 82, has battled three different types of cancer. Today, all three are in remission.In an interview with Tribune Health, Mr Farrington discussed his “inordinate piece of good luck” and his experienc

Kingdom Government Movement eyes 2022 General Election

A NEW political organization called the Kingdom Government Movement has set its sights on the 2022 General Election. Led by Kevin King, a natural medicine doctor, the party’s four areas of focus are: replacing the Westminster system of government, t

Seafarers fit for service

Sacrifice and camaraderie are just two contrasting elements of life at sea with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Rashad Rolle immerses himself with the crew of the HMBS Arthur D Hanna.

INSIGHT: Would the Cheng family really be good for the Bahamas?

Malcolm J Strachan reveals a dark side to Baha Mar’s prospective buyers and a dangerous gamble on the resort’s future . . .

Bahamas finally gets bronze from Sydney Olympics

AVARD Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Timothy Munnings, Chris “Fireman” Brown and Carl Oliver would have all preferred the pomp and pageantry that came along with winning an Olympic Games medal during the actual event.

Suppliers 'amazed' over PHA price gouge claim

Bahamian suppliers are “amazed” that the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has effectively accused their entire industry of employing “unethical business practices”, despite them accepting profit margins well below the permitted 32 per cent contract maximum.

POLICE ADVICE: Domestic violence and suicide

Most recently there has been a vast increase in Suicide and Domestic Violence incidents, whereas due to these critical and common issues, the Bahamian family structure as we know it is gradually deteriorating. Additionally the correlation between the two matters over the years clearly indicates a cry for help by the victims of these social ills.

BRENT STUBBS: 'Just another day in the world of sports'

IN the past two weeks that I took a break from the sports desk, there have been some significant developments on both the local and international scene that warrant some critiquing at this time.

Where is the legislation to control our own spy agency?

A TRIBUNE reader has sent us a news flash from Holland that reports that the US government’s eavesdropping has resulted “in an attack on the Netherlands being averted”.

Gambling - creating a future problem?

BAHAMAS Faith Ministries founder, Dr Myles Munroe – although gambling is against his religion – has drawn his breath in long enough to tolerate a more emasculated version of the devil in the form of a national lottery rather than a licensed webshop industry.

Bitter row over horses at rehabilitation centre

ANIMAL cruelty claims have unearthed a bitter ownership battle over five horses at a drug rehabilitation facility.

Roll on-roll off vessel joins Defence Force fleet

THE fifth and largest vessel in the new fleet of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force as part of the government’s Sandy Bottom Project, the auxiliary landing craft HMBS Lawrence W Major, arrived in Nassau on December 4.

Prime Minister ‘playing hocus pocus’ over NHI

FORMER Free National Movement Chairman Darron Cash said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie is playing “hocus pocus” games with the public to “buy some more time” until National Health Insurance is ready.

Nottage: Clearing records of some convicts is not going soft on crime

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday insisted that the government was not going soft on crime as he introduced the Rehabilitation of Offenders Amendment Bill, which seeks to shorten the time for some convicts to have their police records wiped clean.

Student raises funds to help out back home

A BAHAMIAN student attending university in the United States is spearheading a drive to collect relief supplies to assist the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.

‘Drunk’ man jailed for showing off with gun

A MAN who was caught with a loaded pistol was fined $2,000 and sentenced to ten months in prison.

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